Description
If you’ve ever wanted the easy bend of a light top end without sacrificing low-string punch, this is the set to reach for. Ernie Ball’s Hybrid Slinky mixes gauges across the pack — .010 .013 .017 .030 .042 .052 — so your first and second strings stay nimble while the wound strings deliver the thump your rhythm playing needs.
The wrap wire is 92% copper, 7.7% tin, and 0.3% phosphorus, wound around a tin-plated hex steel core. That phosphor bronze formula is what gives these strings their light orange-gold hue and their signature tone: warm, mellow, and ringing, with none of the muddiness that dulls a worn set. Swap these in on your acoustic and you’ll immediately notice the difference between fresh phosphor bronze and whatever’s been sitting on your guitar for the last few months — more sparkle up top, more depth underneath.
Ernie Ball has been building this reputation since guitarists first started walking into his California music shop back in the early ’60s, asking for lighter, more playable gauges that nobody else was making. That same restless, player-first attitude is baked into every set that leaves the factory today.
- Type: Acoustic 6-String
- Gauges: .010 .013 .017 .030 .042 .052
- Wrap: Phosphor bronze (92% copper, 7.7% tin, 0.3% phosphorus)
- Core: Tin-plated hex steel
- Tone: Mellow, ringing, clear
Keep a spare pack in your gig bag — a dead set of strings is the easiest fix you’ll ever make.
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